Tom Kim betting profile: Valspar Championship
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Tom Kim will appear March 20-23 in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, at the 2025 Valspar Championship. In his most recent tournament he took 42nd in THE PLAYERS Championship, shooting even-par at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course).
The Valspar Championship tournament and course info
- Date: March 20-23, 2025
- Location: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
- Course: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
- Par: 71 / 7,352 yards
- Purse: $8.7M
- Previous winner: Peter Malnati
At the Valspar Championship
- Kim is competing at the Valspar Championship for the first time in the past five years.
- With numbers of 3.577 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in field), 2.456 in SG: Approach the Green (23rd), and 8.359 in SG: Putting (third), Peter Malnati won this tournament in 2024.
- Malnati also posted numbers of 291.6 in average driving distance (59th in field), 65.28% in terms of greens in regulation (fifth), and 26.5 putts per round (11th).
Kim's recent performances
- Kim has finished in the top 10 once over his last five tournaments.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Kim has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five tournaments, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- He has an average score of 5-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Tom Kim has averaged 300.0 yards in his past five starts.
- Kim is averaging -0.879 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Kim is averaging 0.133 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Kim's advanced stats and rankings
- Kim owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.001 (104th) this season, while his average driving distance of 307.2 yards ranks 53rd on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Kim owns a 0.537 average that ranks 20th on TOUR. He ranks 68th with a 69.84% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Kim's -0.387 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 144th on TOUR this season, and his 29.33 putts-per-round average ranks 141st. He has broken par 26.98% of the time (69th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 53 | 307.2 | 300.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 68 | 69.84% | 52.16% |
Putts Per Round | 141 | 29.33 | 29.4 |
Par Breakers | 69 | 26.98% | 23.46% |
Bogey Avoidance | 167 | 17.99% | 16.36% |
Kim's best finishes
- Kim has played seven tournaments this season, and while he hasn't finished first in any of them, he has earned one finish in the top-10.
- In those seven tournaments, he had a 71.4% success rate in terms of making the cut (five cuts made).
- Currently, Kim has 243 points, placing him 52nd in the FedExCup standings.
Kim's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Kim's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where his 2.093 mark ranked 14th in the field.
- Kim's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 5.168 (he finished 65th in that event).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kim's best effort this season was at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 2.179 (he finished seventh in that event).
- At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in January 2025, Kim posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (4.018). That ranked ninth in the field.
- Kim posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.985) at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which was held in January 2025. That performance ranked sixth in the field (he finished seventh in that tournament).
Kim's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 104 | 0.001 | 0.608 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 20 | 0.537 | 1.141 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 149 | -0.232 | -0.736 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 144 | -0.387 | -0.879 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 107 | -0.081 | 0.133 |
Kim's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 73-78 | +7 | -- |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 30 | 72-78-77-66 | +5 | 40 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 18 | 69-66-69-71 | -9 | 88 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 52 | 69-67-69-69 | -10 | 6 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 47 | 73-69-73-76 | +7 | 14 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 26 | 66-71-68-70 | -9 | 50 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 24 | 69-68-68-74 | -1 | 32 |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 4 | 70-68-65-64 | -13 | 123 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 43 | 70-75-78-74 | +9 | 18 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 26 | 71-68-71-76 | +6 | 58 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 2 | 62-65-65-66 | -30 | 400 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 73-68 | -3 | -- |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 15 | 69-66-69-64 | -12 | 50 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | MC | 76-77 | +11 | -- |
August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 8 | 66-68-69-68 | -13 | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 50 | 71-64-73-71 | -1 | 27 |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
December 5-8 | Hero World Challenge | 2 | 74-65-62-68 | -19 | -- |
December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 2 | 62-64-64 | E | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 65 | 68-65-74-69 | -4 | 4 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 73-69-68 | -6 | -- |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 7 | 69-65-68-70 | -16 | 213 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 44 | 67-66-72-73 | -6 | 11 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 44 | 73-72-73-73 | +3 | 16 |
March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 78-76 | +10 | -- |
March 13-16 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 42 | 70-73-69-76 | E | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kim as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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